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We’re running through the complete list now, but for the time being, since Grammy.com seems to be completely hosed, here’s a rundown of nominees in the biggest Grammy categories. Kanye West leads all nominees with eight nods, while Amy Winehouse picked up six; initial surprises include “Hey There Delilah” getting nominated for song of the year (!) and Bruce Springsteen being shut out of the Album Of The Year running in favor of Herbie Hancock. PHooray, you can all argue about Wilco again!
GENERAL FIELD
Nominees for Album Of The Year are:
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters
These Days — Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock
Graduation — Kanye West
Back To Black — Amy Winehouse
Nominees for Record Of The Year are:
“Irreplaceable” — Beyoncé
“The Pretender” — Foo Fighters
“Umbrella” — Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
“What Goes Around…Comes Around” — Justin Timberlake
“Rehab” — Amy Winehouse
Best New Artist nominees are:
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse
Song Of The Year nominees include:
“Before He Cheats” — John Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
“Hey There Delilah” — Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)
“Like A Star” — Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
“Rehab” — Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
“Umbrella” — Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
POP FIELD
Nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album go to:
Lost Highway — Bon Jovi
The Reminder — Feist
It Won’t Be Soon Before Long — Maroon 5
Memory Almost Full — Paul McCartney
Back To Black — Amy Winehouse
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals nods go to:
“Steppin’ Out” — Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
“Beautiful Liar” — Beyoncé & Shakira
“Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
“The Sweet Escape” — Gwen Stefani & Akon
“Give It To Me” — Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Instrumental Performance nominees are:
“Off The Grid” — Beastie Boys
“Paris Sunrise #7″ — Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
“Over The Rainbow” — Dave Koz
“One Week Last Summer” — Joni Mitchell
“Simple Pleasures” — Spyro Gyra
DANCE FIELD
For Best Dance Recording, the nominees are:
“Do It Again” — The Chemical Brothers
“D.A.N.C.E.” — Justice
“Love Today” — Mika
“Don’t Stop The Music” –Rihanna
“Love Stoned/I Think She Knows” — Justin Timberlake
ROCK FIELD
Nominations for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance go to:
“Timebomb” — Beck
“Only Mama Knows” — Paul McCartney
“Our Country” — John Mellencamp
“Radio Nowhere” — Bruce Springsteen
“Come On” — Lucinda Williams
Best Rock Album nominees are:
Daughtry — Daughtry
Revival — John Fogerty
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters
Magic — Bruce Springsteen
Sky Blue Sky — Wilco
Nods for Best Rock Song go to:
“Come On” — Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
“Icky Thump” — Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
“It’s Not Over” — Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry)
“The Pretender” — Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
“Radio Nowhere” — Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
R&B FIELD
Nominees for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals are:
“Same Girl” — R. Kelly Featuring Usher
“Disrespectful” — Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
“Hate That I Love You” — Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
“Baby” — Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
“Bartender” — T-Pain Featuring Akon
For Best Contemporary R&B Album, the nominees are:
Konvicted — Akon
Just Like You — Keyshia Cole
Fantasia — Fantasia
East Side Story — Emily King
Because Of You — Ne-Yo
Best Urban/Alternative Performance nods go to:
“Make A Baby” — Vikter Duplaix
“That’s The Way Of The World” — Dwele
“Daydreamin’” — Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
“Fantasy” — Meshell Ndegeocello
“Dream” — Alice Smith
RAP FIELD
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration nods go to:
“I Wanna Love You” — Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
“Kiss, Kiss” — Chris Brown & T-Pain
“Let It Go” — Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim
“Umbrella” — Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
“Good Life” — Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Nominees for Best Rap Song are:
“Ayo Technology” — N. Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
“Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)” — Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
“Can’t Tell Me Nothing” — A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
“Crank That (Soulja Boy)” — Soulja Boy Tell’Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell’Em)
“Good Life” — A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
For Best Rap Album, the nominees are:
Finding Forever — Common
Kingdom Come — Jay-Z
Hip Hop Is Dead — Nas
T.I. vs T.I.P. — T.I.
Graduation — Kanye West
COUNTRY FIELD
Nods for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals go to:
“Days Aren’t Long Enough” — Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
“Because Of You” — Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson
“I Need You” — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
“Lost Highway” — Willie Nelson & Ray Price
“Oh Love” — Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
For Best Country Song, the nominees are:
“Before He Cheats” — Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
“Give It Away” — Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)
“I Need You” — Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
“If You’re Reading This” — Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
“Long Trip Alone” — Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
Nominations for Best Country Album are:
Long Trip Alone — Dierks Bentley
These Days — Vince Gill
Let It Go — Tim McGraw
5th Gear — Brad Paisley
It Just Comes Natural — George Strait
JAZZ FIELD
For Best Contemporary Jazz Album, the nominees are:
Party Hats — Will Bernard
Downright Upright — Brian Bromberg
Re-Imagination — Eldar
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock
He Had A Hat — Jeff Lorber
Nods for Best Jazz Vocal Album go to:
Avant Gershwin — Patti Austin
Red Earth – A Malian Journey — Dee Dee Bridgewater
Music Maestro Please — Freddy Cole
Nightmoves — Kurt Elling
On The Other Side — Tierney Sutton
I like to think of the “Hey There Delilah” nod being the Grammys’ birthday present to our very own Kate.
Thank you for pointing that out, Maura. The Grammys have always been terrible gift-givers. Remember back in the early ’90s when they kept giving out Michael Bolton nominations as party favors?
I piped in late on yesterday’s anticipatory thread…
[idolator.com]
…to say that we should expect to see lots of Grammy love for Alison Krauss & Robert Plant. AK is the all-time winningest female artist at the Grammys, and I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see them take the Best Pop Collab w/ Vocals nod. Also, Tony Bennett and Xtina. Wow, that category is stacked!
I like the Foo Fighters album than probably any of the other AOTY nominees (or at least only a little less than Graduation) and even I’m boggling at their nomination.
I like how in the “rap/sung collaboration” category, T-Pain is the “rap” half in one song, and the “sung” half in another.
Also, still can’t get at the full list, but I’m a bit surprised that Grammy has put Amy in the “Pop” category. She’s a tough fit there, as well as in the R&B categories, but still.
@GovernmentNames: Sadly, for me at least, I can see FF winning AOTY.
I dunno, I kinda doubt Grohl will get the full “well, since we can’t retroactively give awards to your old band” McCartney treatment. I’d give even Herbie or Vince better odds maybe.
Haha, CNN just pronounced Feist as “feast.”
From the linked BusinessWire piece:
That could be brutal…
I love what they consider a “new” artist. I’m sure this happens every year, and I think I’m always bewildered by it, but still. Feist’s first album came out in 1999. Amy Winehouse’s in 2003.
Also, Kingdom Come?!?
@bright_wings:
The ‘new artist’ field is like that every year. Taylor Swift is the only nominee that released their first album this year.
They should really just be more honest and rename it the ‘Best Artist We Had Not Heard of Before This Year Because The Grammys Are Based On How Much Money An Artist Makes the Industry and Not Over All Creative Quality’ award. Though it might just be too verbose for them.
@Underclassed: Hey, I’m just grateful that all the Best Rap Album nominees are good, popular artists. The fact that none of the nominated albums is their best, or even their second best, isn’t great, but you can’t expect too much from the Grammys in that area.
@DigitalLogic: I hinted at this yesterday. This category always includes a few eye-rollers.
If Grammy finds your excellent proposed new name too cumbersome, perhaps they could consider renaming this award “The Shelby Lynne Award For Finally Grabbing Our Attention”. Lynne famously won this award in 2001 even though she had been releasing records — and charting on the Country charts — since 1988.
Well, some other award shows have a “Breakthrough _______” category, which would be a suitable and not too cumbersome way of saying “artist who just had their first hit and/or major label album.”
@bright_wings: Also, re: “Best New Artist”, Amy’s first record was not released in the U.S. until, actually, 20 November of this year. So, by Grammy’s standards, she is a “New Artist” in the U.S.
@GovernmentNames: For the rap category it always just seems like the Grammy voters just pick out the 5 most recognizable artists in rap that happened to release albums that year. If that’s the case then I’m sure 50 Cent is ready to kill himself this year.
Oh boy. Looks like RT’s gonna go back on that “brown liquor” diet.
This sucks.
@Underclassed:
They’re just stacking the deck so that Kayne wins something. They don’t want him interupting Brad Paisley’s performance.
I’m intrigued by the Urban/Alternative category, and am very happy to see Alice Smith on there. “Dream” is one of my favorite songs of the year. Also, Victor Duplaix? Dwele? Somebody’s been reading Straight No Chaser.
That is quite possibly the best Record of the Year field in Grammy history.
@DHMBIB:
Well, that’s a very American attitude for them to take I suppose.
But seriously who’s country is this?
@tigerpop: I agree, and I feel that many of the categories are stacked top-to-bottom with quality choices. I’ve felt like 2007 overall has been a lousy year for good music, but the best-of-the-best truly has been outstanding.
My first impression on the ROTY and SOTY categories are that either a) “Umbrella” or “Rehab” will sweep both categories — I so totally called noms for both of these songs — or b) there will be a really weird combo, like “Irreplaceable” [ROTY] and “Before He Cheats” [SOTY]. But then, I called “Crazy” a kryptonite lock for ROTY last year, so what do I know?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Beck’s nomination for “Timebomb” must
REALLY signal the end of physical CDs. It was an iTunes-only download,
right?
Also, Amy’s “Big Four” [AOTY, ROTY, SOTY, New Artist] nominations give me [us?] hope that Grammy will make up for one of their biggest blunders — making Christopher Cross (!!!) the only artist to sweep the Big Four on the same night [1981].
I’m personally suprised that The White Stripes didn’t get any more nominations. They’re usually in there for something. Essentially business as usual. The Grammys always make me ill anyway, but if Daughtry wins anything I just might lose it.
No Miranda Lambert is a damn crime.
I could totally be wrong but I don’t remember Britney Spears being nominated for Record of the Year when any of her singles hit big. Why the heck do Rihanna’s writers et al get the honor?
I honestly didn’t think the Grammys would piss me off more than they have the past couple of years but SURPRISE, they have! Maybe a bunch of indie kids need to crash the award show, bomb the place, and start the industry from scratch?
I’m also happy to see Alice Smith as well as Victor Duplaix nominated. Also, can’t wait until T.I. bitches about another Grammy loss on another record…if there is another record. (Then again, look at R. Kelly!)
@DHMBIB: “Rehab” being this year’s “Crazy,” it’ll probably get snubbed in the big categories. I’m pulling for “Irreplaceable” on all fronts, on the grounds that I will never ever get sick of that song. For Album of the Year, I’ll bet a crisp new dollar that Herbie Hancock takes it.
@DHMBIB: I should also have added that Norah Jones won AOTY, ROTY, and BNA in 2003, while “Don’t Know Why” won for SOTY. But the SOTY award goes only to the songwriter[s] [which was not Norah], not the artist, so Norah did not “sweep” these awards.
Also, the last artist to win AOTY, ROTY, and SOTY on the same nite was the Dixie Chicks last year, but before that it hadn’t been done since Eric Clapton managed the feat in 1993.
@rhythmchyc: Well, IMHO, and many others’ as well, most of Britney’s songs were total crap, and the ensuing records were too bubblegum-my for NARAS. OTOH, “Umbrella” is a terrific song that lends itself to lots of different interpretations, and it has already been covered by a number of artists across multiple genres — like “Crazy” last year. And it’s the “biggest” record of the year, too. So, I’m not surprised in the least that it got both of these noms.
“Best Urban/Alternative,” better known as R&B/Rap that doesn’t suck, or music never actually heard on most urban stations.
Fuck “Hey There Delilah,” that song came out in 2005 and it was just as boring then as it is now.
Too bad Paramore doesn’t have a shot at Best New Artist, it’d be fun to see those kids get up on stage. Then again, it could be fun to see Winehouse stumble her way through a speech.
I’m so cynical, I think Kanye will finally win AOTY — not because “Graduation” is a wonderful album or deserving, but because his mama tragically died. The Academy is better prepared to deal with teary, grief-stricken Kanye than smug, ego run-amok Kanye.
Every year, as usual, the Grammys make me wonder why I care at all
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Junior Boys- “Like a Child (Carl Craig Remix)”!!!
grammy.com has finally settled down a bit…
Following up on our “Best New Artist” discussion from earlier, here is Grammy’s description of the eligibility requirement:
“(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)”
Feist is/is not a “new artist”. Discuss.
I think there should be a “Best T-Pain Collaboration” category.
Only one nom for Miranda Lambert for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (”Famous In A Small Town”)
>:(
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
* The Black Parade – Special Edition
Matt Taylor, Ellen Wakayama & Gerard Way, art directors (My Chemical Romance)
[Reprise Records]
* A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Limited Edition Collectible Deluxe Box
Alex Kirzhner, art director (Panic! At The Disco)
[DeCayDance/Fueled By Ramen]
* Icky Thump – Limited Edition USB Flash Drive
Stan Chow, art director (The White Stripes)
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]
* Venus Doom
Matt Taylor & Valo, art directors (Him)
[Sire]
* What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
[Rhino]
Best Long Form Music Video
(For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.)
* * *
* Trapped In The Closet Chapters 13-22
R. Kelly
R. Kelly, Victor Mignatti & Jim Swaffield, video directors; Ann Carli, video
producer
[Jive/Zomba]
* * *
Also, shocked to see only two noms for Alison Krauss — the nomination w/ Robert Plant in the Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals category, and a solo nomination for “Simple Love” (Best Female Country Vocal Performance), which was a new track from her GH / collected one-offs CD, A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection.
I have no idea what this means for her chances in either category.
@Jfrankparnell: But! But! Fantasia! “Same Girl” vs. “Bartender.”
How is it that I only care about the “urban” and rap categories? This is what happens when you move to Bed-Stuy, I guess! Ha!
Also, this is so lame of me, but I’m kind of bummed that Interpol & the Nups aren’t nominated in the box set category.
Taylor Swift’s album came out last year.
@Chris N.: October of last year, which means it falls right in the beginning of the Grammys’ October-to-September calendar year.
Because he’s too shy (and way too busy) to announce it here himself, I am proud to do the honors: Zach Behrens has officially accepted the Editor position here at LAist and he’ll be starting on December 17th.
If Herbie Hancock wins AOTR for his Joni Mitchell album, I think that she should return the favor and do a cover of “Rockit”.
Kanye West is the most unprofessional self-centered person in the entire music industry. He deserves nothing due to his poor sportsmanship. If any athelete acted like him they would be history. My Mom died recently too but I don’t think I deserve special treatment. Grow up you freak!!!